Mac Margolis reports for Bloomberg View: Bolivia’s Morales Goes Down an Ugly Road A superhighway linking the Andes with the Amazon may hurt indigenous groups and help coca growers. President Evo Morales is a Bolivarian success story. While Latin America’s marquee populist brand has lost its charm in much of the region, Bolivia’s caudillo soldiers…
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Collective claims six reasons to reject the TIPNIS road
Lorena Rojas reports for Pagina Siete: Collective claims six reasons to reject the TIPNIS road They consider that the Government is trying to implement an unviable development model that will affect the indigenous peoples who live in the park. The civic platform A New Opportunity raised at least six reasons, “of national importance and implication”,…
Amalia Pando: “Mr. Edgar Apaza this time radio schedule is not yours is mine”
Pagina Siete reports: Amalia Pando: “Mr. Edgar Apaza this time radio schedule is not yours is mine” The journalist questioned the decision of the president of the Departmental Assembly to pretend to have a program in the same schedule of Cabildeo [Lobby]. “Mr. Edgar Apaza this schedule is not yours is mine,” was the response…
Damned evo brought New Dependency: How China is “remaking” Bolivia
Emily Achtenberg reports for NACLA: Financial Sovereignty or A New Dependency? How China is Remaking Bolivia China has become the principal funder and contractor for President Evo Morales’s state-led development project. What’s at stake for Bolivia? A major highway in Cochabamba, Bolivia, under construction by Chinese conglomerate Sinohydro, is paralyzed by five work stoppages in 14…
Indigenous of the TIPNIS declared themselves in alert because of a change in the law
Miguel Melendres reports for El Deber: Indigenous of the TIPNIS declared themselves in alert because of a law Proponents of the TIONIS declare emergency and ask for support. Officials from the Indigenous Territory and Isiboro Sécure National Park (TIPNIS) declared themselves in emergency due to the approval of the Amazon Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, the…
Where does Bolivia stand after 192 years of independence?
To understand our nightmare, what better than these cartoons [08/01/2017] from national newspapers? This is from El Deber, reflects how much we care of our environment … Santa Cruz city this time of the year is sad, full of smoke out of the stupid believe that lash and burning do good to agriculture … This…
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